Fewer-than-anticipated Rossmoor home sales in 2025 will mean a smaller capital projects budget for 2026, which may prompt deferring a planned project or two. This possibility was discussed by the RWC Planning Committee on Thursday at its final meeting of the year. RWC General Manager Jeff Matheson told the Planning Committee that forecasts of money...

Riley the Australian shepherd keeps the geese moving on, and off, the golf course The geese that cluster on Rossmoor’s golf courses aren’t fazed by the golfers that stroll from fairway to fairway all day long, six days a week. They stand around, pick insects and seeds from the turf, and leave stinky calling cards as if the golfers and their carts w...

Aticket to Rossmoor’s New Year’s concert is one of the hottest around town. Blink your eyes and you might miss out. That event has grown in recent years to two shows at the Event Center. Both of those, featuring Rossmoor favorite Top Shelf and its “Motown and More” repertoire, sold out rather quickly this year. Tickets for the early show at 7:30 p....

The Confederate “rebel yell ” – documented by authors, filmmakers and rocker Billy Idol in a hit song – apparently can’t be accurately described by mere words. A hearty set of lungs helps. Wayne Emrich discussed a book about the Battle of Gettysburg at Monday’s third annual “Cookies and Conversation” event at the Rossmoor Library. “The Confederate ...

Because of the upcoming holidays, the News will have early deadlines for the Dec. 24 and Jan. 7 editions, and will not publish an edition on Dec. 31. For the Dec. 24 edition, all columns were due by Monday, Dec. 15 at noon. All religion, club trips, movies, food and fitness articles and listings were due by Tuesday, Dec. 16 at noon. All health, bri...

Th i s hol iday s e a son, Rossmoor residents are invited to help brighten the tables of local families in need by contributing to the Rossmoor Holiday Food Drive, running from Dec. 11 through Dec. 19. Food donation barrels will be conveniently placed throughout the community at: • Gateway Complex • Event Center • Fitness Center • Rossmoor News Off...

The Rossmoor News will not publish a newspaper on Wednesday, Dec. 31. Instead, the News will publish a special expanded issue on Dec. 24, featuring the regular news and special year-in-review articles. Because of the holiday, some residents might receive this issue of the newspaper on Tuesday, Dec. 23, but staff asks for patience as some newspapers...

Transportation service will be available within Rossmoor and the Rossmoor Shopping Center Christmas Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 24), Christmas Day (Thursday, Dec. 25), and New Year’s Day (Thursday, Jan. 1). Service will be available within the Rossmoor Community and the Shopping Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; there will be no service to downtown areas. Not...

Rodney Worth set to launch ‘The Pear at Rossmoor’ Rodney Worth has a lot of plans for the future of food service in Rossmoor, and expects that one of the most popular ones will be rolling in soon, looking kind of retro. “The coffee cart will look like a 1970s travel trailer, and we’re going to park it right near the (golf course) driving range,” sa...

String Orchestra gears up for Holiday Concert It started in 2016 with four musicians. Nine years later, the Rossmoor String Orchestra boasts 24 players. Can this ensemble keep growing indefinitely? It depends. “We need enough of each instrument to balance things out,” said Nancy Castille, a violinist with the orchestra. “If we were suddenly swamped...